[Introduced February 11, 2009; referred to the Committee on the
Judiciary; and then to the Committee on Finance.]

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Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the State of West
Virginia, amending article VI thereof by adding thereto a new
section, designated section fifty-seven, relating to
dedicating one percent of general revenue to the Division of
Natural Resources to be used to fund activities intended to
promote and preserve the state's wildlife resources and to
fund law-enforcement activities involving the Division of
Natural Resources; numbering and designating such proposed
amendment; and providing a summarized statement of the purpose
of such proposed amendment.

Resolved by the Legislature of West Virginia, two thirds of
the members elected to each house agreeing thereto:That the question of ratification or rejection of an amendment
to the Constitution of the State of West Virginia be submitted to
the voters of the state at the next general election to be held in the year two thousand ten, which proposed amendment is that article
VI thereof be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
section fifty-seven, to read as follows:ARTICLE VI. THE LEGISLATURE.

§57. One percent of General Revenue Fund dedicated to Division of
Natural Resources.

The Legislature, each fiscal year, shall dedicate in
appropriation one percent of all funds existing in the General
Revenue Fund to the Division of Natural Resources. The division
shall use the funds to promote and preserve fish and wildlife
conservation and nongame wildlife resources, and to fund
law-enforcement activities of the division.Resolved further, That in accordance with the provisions of
article eleven, chapter three of the Code of West Virginia, 1931,
as amended, such proposed amendment is hereby numbered "Amendment
No. 1" and designated as the "Dedication of Funding to Natural
Resources Amendment" and the purpose of the proposed amendment is
summarized as follows: "To dedicate each fiscal year one percent
of the total funds existing in the state's General Revenue Fund to
the Division of Natural Resources to be used to promote and
preserve the state's natural resources and to fund law-enforcement
activities associated with natural resources."

NOTE: The purpose of this resolution is to provide
constitutionally that the Legislature appropriate one percent of
the state's General Revenue Fund to the Division of Natural
Resources each fiscal year to be used to promote and preserve the
state's natural resources and to fund law-enforcement activities
associated with DNR.